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07/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Saddam bodyguard captured in pre-dawn raid"

EVEN MORE GOOD NEWS OUT OF IRAQ: U.S. raids in Tikrit have resulted in the arrest of Saddam Hussein's bodyguard and two of the ex-murderer's associates, a U.S. military official said this morning.

"The primary target was achieved," according to Lt. Col. Steve Russell of the 4th Infantry Division. "This man was a close associate of Saddam Hussein."

According to Russell, the Army captured all the people targeted in the raids.

"Saddam's close associates seem to be very desperate," he said.

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